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Trois ans après le deuxième album, le nouveau Coldplay est attendu comme le messie. Longtemps retardé (au grand dam des actionnaires de EMI), il est précédé du simple « Speed Of Sound » qui laisse présager un autre grand disque du quatuor anglais. Et enfin en cet été caniculaire, rien de meilleur que de s’enfermer avec et de déguster X&Y en boucle.
Parfait en temps de bonheur, et à déconseiller absolument en période de déprime. De là à approuver le critique du New York Times (qui fait la pluie et le beau temps dans la bourgeoisie américaine) qualifiant à cette occasion Coldplay de « groupe le plus insupportable de la décennie », il y a un immense fossé. Si l’album est irrégulier en qualité de compositions par rapport aux deux premiers de la « trilogie » (cf. Chris Martin), il reflète l’état d’âme du chanteur à cette époque, ses amours, ses espoirs et ses craintes (« White Shadows », réminiscent d’Echo & The Bunnymen, voire de The Cure, avec l’apport de synthé de Brian Eno), surtout celles-ci.
Véritable camaïeu d’émotions, riches en couleurs et harmonies diverses. Coldplay possède ce talent rare d’ennoblir les thèmes les plus tragiques, et de varier les plus monotones. Ses coloris sont brillants, doux ou rageurs. L’imagination est toujours aussi féconde mais pour la première fois, certains titres se ressemblent un peu… Commercialement, le pari est gagné dès l’écoute du premier morceau, « Square One », du Coldplay pur jus.
Le flamboyant « Fix You » égale bourdon assuré, avec ce piano lancinant sur fond de nappes d’orgue, guitares stridentes et falsetto de Chris Martin et chœurs évoquant irrésistiblement un composite Procol Harum + U2. « Talk » demeurant le morceau de choix de cet album disparate, une grande chanson pop intriguante légitimement plébiscitée. Elle est basée sur la mélodie du « Computer Love » de Kraftwerk de 1981.
©Copyright Music Story 2015
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Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Chris Martin, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Pro-Tools Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Cello, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Matthew McGinn, Writer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Violin, Strings - Jon Bailey, Engineer, Assistant - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Ted Jensen, Engineer - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Writer - George Marino, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, Engineer - Mark Phythian, Engineer, Programmer, Recording - Peter Lale, Viola, Strings - Coldplay, Producer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, Engineer, Assistant - Dan Porter, Engineer - Will Hensley, Mixer, Engineer - Brad Spence, Engineer, Assistant - Taz Mattar, Engineer, Assistant - Rob Smith, Engineer, Programmer, Assistant - Tim Roe, Engineer, Assistant - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Mixer, Engineer - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, Engineer - Adam Noble, Engineer, Assistant - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Cello, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, Arranger, String Arranger - Mike Pierce, Engineer - Mathieu LeJeune, Engineer - Matt McGinn, Technician - Bryan Russell, Engineer - Andrea Wright, Engineer - Susan Dench, Viola, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, Engineer - John Withnal, Assistant - Chris Tumbling, Violin - Gregory Warren Wilson, Violin - Lavra Melhuish, Violin - Anne Lines, Cello - Jon Withnall, Engineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Chris Martin, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Engineer, Programmer - Peter Lale, Strings - Brian Eno, Synthesizer - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Pro-Tools Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Engineer, Programmer - Adam Ayan, Engineer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Karl Bartos, Writer - Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Engineer, Programmer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Pro-Tools Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Cello, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Ralf Hutter, Writer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings - Werner Schult, Writer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Violin - Ken Nelson, Producer, MixingEngineer - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Engineer - Peter Lale, Viola - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Porter, Assistant - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Rob Smith, Assistant - Tim Roe, Assistant - Chris Tombling, Violin - Keith Gary, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Audrey Riley, String Arranger - Susan Dench, Viola - Gregory Warren Wilson, Violin - Lavra Melhuish, Violin - Anne Lines, Cello
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Chris Martin, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer - Peter Lale, Strings - Brian Eno, Synthesizer - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Cello, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Chris Martin, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Chris Martin, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Pro-Tools Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard George, Strings - Jon Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Ken Nelson, Producer, Engineer, Production - Chris Martin, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Mark Phythian, Programmer - Peter Lale, Strings - Coldplay, MainArtist - Guy Berryman, Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Will Champion, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Jonny Buckland, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Writer - Carmen Rizzo, Programmer - Jake Jackson, AssistantEngineer - Dan Porter, AssistantEngineer - Will Hensley, MixingEngineer - Brad Spence, AssistantEngineer - Taz Mattar, AssistantEngineer - Rob Smith, Programmer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Roe, AssistantEngineer - Chris Tombling, Strings - Keith Gary, Pro-Tools Engineer, MixingEngineer - Michael H. Brauer, MixingEngineer - Adam Noble, AssistantEngineer - Danton Supple, Producer, MixingEngineer - Robert Smith, Assistant - Ann Lines, Strings - Greg Warren Wilson, Strings - Audrey Riley, String Arranger, Strings - Mike Pierce, AssistantEngineer - Mathieu LeJeune, AssistantEngineer - Matt McGinn, Guitar Technician - Bryan Russell, AssistantEngineer - Andrea Wright, AssistantEngineer - Susan Dench, Strings - Adam Scheuermann, AssistantEngineer - Jon Withnall, AssistantEngineer - Laura "Melhewish" Melhuish, Strings
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Limited
Chronique
Trois ans après le deuxième album, le nouveau Coldplay est attendu comme le messie. Longtemps retardé (au grand dam des actionnaires de EMI), il est précédé du simple « Speed Of Sound » qui laisse présager un autre grand disque du quatuor anglais. Et enfin en cet été caniculaire, rien de meilleur que de s’enfermer avec et de déguster X&Y en boucle.
Parfait en temps de bonheur, et à déconseiller absolument en période de déprime. De là à approuver le critique du New York Times (qui fait la pluie et le beau temps dans la bourgeoisie américaine) qualifiant à cette occasion Coldplay de « groupe le plus insupportable de la décennie », il y a un immense fossé. Si l’album est irrégulier en qualité de compositions par rapport aux deux premiers de la « trilogie » (cf. Chris Martin), il reflète l’état d’âme du chanteur à cette époque, ses amours, ses espoirs et ses craintes (« White Shadows », réminiscent d’Echo & The Bunnymen, voire de The Cure, avec l’apport de synthé de Brian Eno), surtout celles-ci.
Véritable camaïeu d’émotions, riches en couleurs et harmonies diverses. Coldplay possède ce talent rare d’ennoblir les thèmes les plus tragiques, et de varier les plus monotones. Ses coloris sont brillants, doux ou rageurs. L’imagination est toujours aussi féconde mais pour la première fois, certains titres se ressemblent un peu… Commercialement, le pari est gagné dès l’écoute du premier morceau, « Square One », du Coldplay pur jus.
Le flamboyant « Fix You » égale bourdon assuré, avec ce piano lancinant sur fond de nappes d’orgue, guitares stridentes et falsetto de Chris Martin et chœurs évoquant irrésistiblement un composite Procol Harum + U2. « Talk » demeurant le morceau de choix de cet album disparate, une grande chanson pop intriguante légitimement plébiscitée. Elle est basée sur la mélodie du « Computer Love » de Kraftwerk de 1981.
©Copyright Music Story 2015
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 13 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:02:02
- 1 Livret Numérique
- Artistes principaux : Coldplay
- Label : Parlophone UK
- Genre : Pop/Rock Rock
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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